Update
#1 - Maryland 2 has returned to normal operations.
A
manual restart was performed.

Topic: SARSAT
Maryland 2 Geostationary (GEO) Ground Station
Offline

Date/Time
Issued: April
18, 2017 0013Z

Product(s) or Data
Impacted: SARSAT alert data

Date/Time of Initial
Impact: April 17, 2017 2149Z

Date/Time of Expected
End: April 18, 2017 0013Z

Length of Outage:
Approx. 2 hours

Details/Specifics of
Change: Maryland 2 GEO Ground Station in Suitland,
MD, the Front processor failed to restart after
patching. A
cold restart was performed, however the system did not seem
to restart.